also carpet-bag, "soft-cover traveling case made of carpet fabric on a frame," 1830, from carpet (n.) + bag (n.). As a verb, 1872, from the noun.
a carpetbag government
carpetbag adventurers
a carpetbag stranger
carpel
carpenter
carpentry
carper
carpet
carpetbag
carpetbagger
carpet-bombing
carpeting
carpet-sweeper
carping
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